Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier to Joseph Black, 19 September 1789
Scope and Contents
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Paris to Joseph Black, dated 19 September 1789. The letter is about Lavoisier recommending Monsieur de Boullogne, a prospective student and also about his Traite elementaire de chimie (Elementary Treatise on Chemistry). The Lavoisier letters are printed in Report to the British Association, 1872 pp. 189-92.
Dates
- Creation: 19 September 1789
Creator
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794 (French chemist) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1 letter
Creator
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794 (French chemist) (Author, Person)
Subject
- Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
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